Third match in six days for FC Metz. After the defeat at home against Dijon (1-2) last Saturday and the clear rebound observed in Rodez last Tuesday (1-4), the Grenats welcome the FC Annecyone of the two promoted this new season in Ligue 2. Objective: to sign a fourth victory of the season in the league, to stay at the top of the standings.
First call for Musaba and young hopeful Mirbach
The third and last recruit of the summer transfer window, the Dutchman Anthony Musabais convened, for the first time, in the garnet group.
First also for the goalkeeper Alexis Mirbach, only 17 years old. He replaces Marc Aurele Caillard, very seriously injured in Rodez and absent for several months. Alexandre Oukidja will serve his third and final suspension match this Friday.
Traore to “Wolves”
This Thursday evening, shortly before the closing of the summer transfer window, the British media report that Boubacar Traore will join the Wolverhampton club.
The Malian midfielder, who arrived on the banks of the Moselle in June 2020, is on loan with an option to buy. In this case, FC Metz could receive the tidy sum of 13 million euros.
Tonight, neither FC Metz nor Wolves had formalized this transfer.
Metz – Annecy, a first in the history of French football.
We have peeled back and forth and across the archives of French football, but unless we are mistaken, Messins and Anneciens have never faced each other on a football pitch.
FC Metz has traveled to the Annecy sports park several times, but it was to meet Evian Thonon Gaillard who has since filed for bankruptcy.
So if tonight’s match is a first, it’s because FC Annecy, apart from a stint in D2 between 1988 and 1993, has always played at amateur level. But since 2015, thehe Haute Savoie club has achieved a spectacular rise: from the DH, the equivalent of the 6th division to Ligue 2.
Among the architects of this climb: the coach Laurent Guyotwho notably worked in the national technical direction, the former Messin Ahmed Kashi and the former Nice striker, Alexis Bosetti.
During the summer, FC Annecy recruited former Grenat Vincent Pajot, but their debut in L2 was disappointing, with 3 defeats in a row.
But recently, the Montagnards have recovered and they are now undefeated for 3 days.
And to best prepare for this second trip of the week, after the victory in Dijon on Tuesday evening, the Red and Whites took the road to Moselle, to go green for 3 days.
And to best prepare for this second trip of the week, after the victory in Dijon on Tuesday evening, the Red and Whites took the road to Moselle, to go green for 3 days.